arm-linux-tools-20070808 looks like it was built with glibc-2.3.6 does that mean uClibc cant be selected / used within uClinux make menuconfig when using this tool chain ?
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Greg Ungerer <g...@snapgear.com> wrote: > From: Greg Ungerer <g...@snapgear.com> > Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] ARM support > To: "uClinux development list" <uclinux-dev@uclinux.org> > Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12:49 AM > > Hi Steven, > > steven taffs wrote: > >> I guess I don't follow that logic. Why would > someone > >> unfamiliar with > >> uClinux not choose a toolchain from the links on > that > >> page? > > > > If you go to the arm website and look for uclinux you > find the following page > > > > http://www.arm.com/products/os/linux_download.html > > > > Which references codesourcery > > 'Source and binary versions of the GNU GCC compiler > are available from www.codesourcery.com' > > > > so I guess people download the uclinux source from you > and then try and compile with codesourcery, I was thinking > about doing the same thing. > > > > I would like to try and port uclinux to a Actel > cortex-M1 FPGA to make a start on this I need a gcc compiler > with the -mcpu=cortex-m1 target switch (ie gcc 4.4.2). > > > > Anyone how needs / wants to run uclinux on Arms new > cortex chips needs to use a newer compile (minimum 4.3.0). > How much work would it be to upgrade the uClinux Arm tool > chain to use a newer version of gcc? > > Its not overly difficult. The arm-linux- toolchains linked > from > uclinux.org are reasonably basic builds. (There is a text > file in > the download directory with instructions on how that one > was built). > > Regards > Greg > > > > > (sorry if this question is a bit basic never really > played around with tool chains before) > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 11/23/09, Greg Ungerer <g...@snapgear.com> > wrote: > > > >> From: Greg Ungerer <g...@snapgear.com> > >> Subject: Re: [uClinux-dev] ARM support > >> To: "uClinux development list" <uclinux-dev@uclinux.org> > >> Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 5:36 AM > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> ucli...@browserseal.com > >> wrote: > >>> On 11/18/2009, "Greg Ungerer" <g...@snapgear.com> > >> wrote: > >>>> ucli...@browserseal.com > >> wrote: > >>>>> I'm trying to compile the latest > version of > >> uClinux on ARM and the > >>>>> multitude of errors that I'm getting > leads me > >> to believe that this > >>>>> architecture simply is not supported > anymore, > >> hence the first question - > >>>>> what happened to ARM support and > uClinux in > >> general ? Last time I > >>>>> checked, i.e. about two years ago, it > was > >> probably the most popular > >>>>> embedded distro, at least for ARM - > and now it > >> does not even compile ! > >>>> You are wrong, it does compile. I have an > >> automated build system that > >>>> builds approximately 150 board/kernel/lib > >> combinations(*) each night. > >>>> Every release is run through this. It > compiles > >> GDB/ARMulator with > >>>> linux-2.4.x and linux-2.6.x kernels and > both > >> little and big endian > >>>> and the GDB/Skyeye target with 2.4.x and > 2.6.x > >> kernels (using my > >>>> arm-linux- toolchains). > >>>> > >>>> (* of course the whole uClinux-dist tree > has way > >> more than 150 possible > >>>> combinations of board/kernel/lib. With > the > >> resources I have that is > >>>> about as much as I can cover in a single > day. I > >> have just chosen a > >>>> variety of interesting targets on a > variety of CPU > >> types to test > >>>> compile for). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I will send a separate email with > compilation > >> errors, I just think that > >>>>> it would be better to have a separate > thread > >> for this general > >>>>> discussion. Provided there is anybody > out > >> there interested in discussing > >>>>> ARM, which I seriously doubt. > >>>> Are you serious? > >>>> > >>>> The only conclusion I can draw from your > problems > >> is that people who > >>>> choose to use various other toolchains > with the > >> uClinux-dist don't > >>>> choose to send patches back to make them > work > >> properly with the > >>>> dist. > >>> I believe I did provide a complete list of the > changes > >> required to > >>> compile uClinux with this other, i.e. > Codesourcery, > >> toolchain and you > >>> did say that you think it is the toolchain > that has to > >> be changed. What > >>> did I miss ? > >> Patches please. > >> > >> > >>> Please note that people new to uClinux are > most likely > >> to use > >>> Codesourcery toolchain, rather than 2007 one > from > >> uClinux web site. > >> > >> I guess I don't follow that logic. Why would > someone > >> unfamiliar with > >> uClinux not choose a toolchain from the links on > that > >> page? > >> > >> Sure I would like to see the dist code work with > lots of > >> toolchains. > >> And I don't want to put a warning like "you must > use these > >> toolchains" > >> on the download pages. > >> > >> Regards > >> Greg > >> > >> > >> > >>> P.S. I'm not here to blame anybody, but rather > try to > >> make uClinux > >>> better. It did take me some time, a few days > to be > >> exact, to find and > >>> summarize the solutions to all the > issues with > >> these other toolchain. > >>>> Regards > >>>> Greg > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> Greg Ungerer -- Principal > >> Engineer EMAIL: > g...@snapgear.com > >>>> SnapGear Group, McAfee > > >> > PHONE: +61 7 3435 2888 > >>>> 825 Stanley St, > > >> > FAX: +61 > 7 3891 3630 > >>>> Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, > Australia > >> WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>> uClinux-dev mailing list > >>>> uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > >>>> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > >>>> This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > >>>> To unsubscribe see: > >>>> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> uClinux-dev mailing list > >>> uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > >>> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > >>> This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > >>> To unsubscribe see: > >>> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > >>> > >> > >> -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Greg Ungerer -- Principal > Engineer EMAIL: > g...@snapgear.com > >> SnapGear Group, McAfee > > PHONE: +61 7 3435 > 2888 > >> 8 Gardner Close > > FAX: +61 7 3217 > 5323 > >> Milton, QLD, 4064, Australia > WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> uClinux-dev mailing list > >> uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > >> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > >> This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > >> To unsubscribe see: > >> http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > uClinux-dev mailing list > > uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > > This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > > To unsubscribe see: > > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Greg Ungerer -- Principal Engineer > EMAIL: g...@snapgear.com > SnapGear Group, McAfee > PHONE: > +61 7 3435 2888 > 8 Gardner Close > > FAX: > +61 7 3217 5323 > Milton, QLD, 4064, Australia > WEB: http://www.SnapGear.com > _______________________________________________ > uClinux-dev mailing list > uClinux-dev@uclinux.org > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev > This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org > To unsubscribe see: > http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev > _______________________________________________ uClinux-dev mailing list uClinux-dev@uclinux.org http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/listinfo/uclinux-dev This message was resent by uclinux-dev@uclinux.org To unsubscribe see: http://mailman.uclinux.org/mailman/options/uclinux-dev
